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A Feature which Hauliers Find Helpful in Estimating and Anticipating Chances for Obtaining Contracts
AS these notes are written contrasting conditions prevail in industry. On the one hand there is to be Doted a general hardening of commodity prices which it is believed is the preliminary to a semi-permanent revival in trade. On the other hand there is the strike of weavers in Lancashire .which, at the moment, seems destined to be succeeded and augmented by that of the sianners. Fortunately, the former and favourable augury is not likely to be seriously affected to any prolonged extent by the other which, it is to be hoped, will be approaching settlement by the time these words appear in print. .
North-east Counties.
The principal activity in this area appears to be that of house building, which is having a reaction upon the timber trade,. thus providing haulage business of two kinds. South Shields Itriral District Council is contemplating the erection of 100 houses in the neighbourhood of Whitburn. H. Bell and Sons (Ryhope), Ltd., Ryhope, Durham, is to build 100 houses in Ryhope and Tunstall for Sunderland Rural District Council.
Yorkshire.
Rayon factories in Bradford and district are busy, especially those making linings and fabrics for furnishing. The heavy woollen industries in Huddersfield and round about, whilst not actually busy enough to please those directly concerned, are yet providing hauliers with loads, because the bulk of the work they are doing is for delivery in comparatively small lots to various destinations throughout the country. In Bradford it is expected that this month will initiate a general revival in the woollen industry.
Timber merchants in Hullare very busy. S. G. Bailey, 210, Rock Street, Sheffield, is to build 26 houses for 1Vortley Rural District Council.
Lancashire and Cheshire.
The weavers' strike is, of course, a disturbing factor in this district. At Present the effect is only being directly experienced in the industry concerned, but, of course, if the strike be prolonged, the effect will spread and other trades will be affected.
There is a fair amount of local traffic available conveying rayon yarns in the Manchester district. In addition, business in rayon fabrics for the home market is steady. The leather trade in Runcorn, Warrington and Liverpool is still mending. The Unit Construction Co., Ltd., of Liverpool, is to carry Out extensive additions to the factory of W. T. Glover and Co., Ltd., a concern of cable manufacturers, '.Prafford Park. Pins A. Baines and Sons, Preston, is to build ten houses in Kettle Lane, Garstang„ for Garstang TJrban District Connell.
Fleetwood Council is to build a further 100 houses on the Flakefieet Estate, Fleetwood. ITuyton-with-Roby Urban District Council is having 62 houses built at Huyton quarry, the builder being I. W. Jones and Sons, Ltd., Mlerton Road, Liverpool. War c46 rington and Sons, Ltd., Ellesmere Port, is to build 18 houses in :Well Lane, Newton, for Chester Rural District Council. • Midlands.
In • Leicester, manufacturers of rayon goods are doing a steady business with the home trade.' From Nottingham, too, the report is that business is fair for the time of year, and the outlook good.
There is a steady flow of small consignments of boots and shoes from Noithampton and Leicester factories. Some of the hosiery factories in Hinckley are working overtime, whilst those in Nottingham are also busy. Some shops and an arcade are to be erected in Stafford Street and Lamb Street, Hanley, by Mr. Chark McIlroY, of PrIcIlroy's Stores, Ltd. 'Harris Brothers, Derby Road, Marehay, Derby, is to build 40 houses for Ripley (Derby) Urban District Council.
West Country.
There is a brisk demand for transport amongst the timber merchants of Bristol, especially for small consign ments for building purposes. Two new mills are to be erected for Spillers, Ltd., at Avonmouth, and one for the Cooperative Wholesale Society. A new Paper mill is being built at Keynsham, near Bristol.
London and Home Counties.
Holmes and Sons, furnishers, of St. Mary's Butts, Reading, is to carry out an extensive rebuilding scheme. The institution at Coxheath, Maidstone, is to be remodelled by Kent Public Assistance Committee, which also proposes to build a new nurses' home. The total cost is estimated at over f 36,000. A new cinema is to be built at Tolworth, near Surbiton. Boyd and Murley, Ltd., Reading, is to build a new church at Becontree as well as to enlarge St. Benedict's, Ealing.
Addenbrooke Hospital, Cambridge, is to be considerably extended. A new railway hotel is to be built in Station Road, Hornchurch, for Ind, Coope and Co., Ltd., The Brewery, Romford. E. H. Bradley and Sons, Okus Quarry, Swindon, is to build 64 houses for Faringdon Rural District Council. Howell and Burgess, 41, Alexandria Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, is to erect 261 houses for Heston and Isieworth Urban District Council.
C. Booth and Son, Lidget Green, Bradford, is to build additions to station buildings at Leigh-on-Sea, Chalkwell
and S'hoeburyness. E. Cotton, Ltd., Bar, Bucks, is to erect shops and flats at Long Lane, Hillingdon. Ashford Builders' Co., Ltd.' 3, Bloomsbury Place, W.C.I, is to build a school at Morden for Surrey Education Committee,